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Even as of late Aegisthus , beyond that which was ordained , took to him the wedded wife of the son of Atreus and killed her lord on his return , and that with sheer doom before his eyes , since we had warned him by the embassy of ...
Even as of late Aegisthus , beyond that which was ordained , took to him the wedded wife of the son of Atreus and killed her lord on his return , and that with sheer doom before his eyes , since we had warned him by the embassy of ...
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ugly and old and poor , I should not wish all the metal or ore buried under the earth or lying above it unless I were thy wife and thy love . " “ My love ? ” said he ; “ no , damn me ! Oh , that one of my birth should ever be so foully ...
ugly and old and poor , I should not wish all the metal or ore buried under the earth or lying above it unless I were thy wife and thy love . " “ My love ? ” said he ; “ no , damn me ! Oh , that one of my birth should ever be so foully ...
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But finally he spoke thus : “ My lady and my love and my so dear wife , I put myself under your wise control . Choose yourself which may be the greatest pleasure and honor to you and also to me . It makes no difference to me whichever ...
But finally he spoke thus : “ My lady and my love and my so dear wife , I put myself under your wise control . Choose yourself which may be the greatest pleasure and honor to you and also to me . It makes no difference to me whichever ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Masterworks of World Literature, Volume 1 Masterworks of World Literature, Edwin Mallard Everett |
| Editor | Edwin Mallard Everett |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Dryden Press, 1955 |
| Length | 1000 pages |
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